10-03-2025, 08:00 PM
I have had 712 ZF stuck a few times to pull it backwards I hook on the trailer hitch, to pull it forward I hook on to the front weldment that the
A arms are attached to I put a piece of 2x2 1/4 wall across the front skid plates so the chain can not damage the fiberglass I remember tying it up so it could not drop if the chain came loose.
To lift the back I raise the suspension all the way up crib it up with hardwood 4x4 s (it just crushes soft wood) dump the suspension I have a 12X12X 3/4 steel plate I put under the jack and lift the rear axle depending how deep the the hole is I fill it up with pavers or gravel then put wood under the wheels If the drives spun because the front sunk I pick the front wheels up fill the hole and put wood under the tires so it will move without spinning the drives. To pick up the front I raise the suspension crib under the front weldment dump the bags I have low profile jacks that I use under the A arm right where they attach to the spindle, You have to be careful if you were not going straight and you dump the air the front will want to move sideways I have had it move the cribbing I think the side walls on the rear tires are flexed and when the front tires have no weight on them the front moves sideways it has happened to me more than once.
I carry a 20 and 8 ton air over hydraulic and 2 8 ton low profile jacks, and lots of 4X4 hardwood cribbing
There are no hooks on the front of 712
A arms are attached to I put a piece of 2x2 1/4 wall across the front skid plates so the chain can not damage the fiberglass I remember tying it up so it could not drop if the chain came loose.
To lift the back I raise the suspension all the way up crib it up with hardwood 4x4 s (it just crushes soft wood) dump the suspension I have a 12X12X 3/4 steel plate I put under the jack and lift the rear axle depending how deep the the hole is I fill it up with pavers or gravel then put wood under the wheels If the drives spun because the front sunk I pick the front wheels up fill the hole and put wood under the tires so it will move without spinning the drives. To pick up the front I raise the suspension crib under the front weldment dump the bags I have low profile jacks that I use under the A arm right where they attach to the spindle, You have to be careful if you were not going straight and you dump the air the front will want to move sideways I have had it move the cribbing I think the side walls on the rear tires are flexed and when the front tires have no weight on them the front moves sideways it has happened to me more than once.
I carry a 20 and 8 ton air over hydraulic and 2 8 ton low profile jacks, and lots of 4X4 hardwood cribbing
There are no hooks on the front of 712
John Kosir
712 2004 45-8